{"id":10864,"date":"2025-12-03T01:25:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T06:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=10864"},"modified":"2025-12-03T01:25:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T06:25:59","slug":"professor-author-frances-widdowson-onebc-mla-arrested-for-trespass-at-uvic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=10864","title":{"rendered":"Professor &#038; Author Frances Widdowson &#038; OneBC MLA Arrested for &#8220;Trespass&#8221; At UVIC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td>e<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/app-link\/post?publication_id=3610415&amp;post_id=180552535&amp;utm_source=post-email-title&amp;utm_campaign=email-post-title&amp;isFreemail=false&amp;r=emtjn&amp;token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNDU3OTM0NywicG9zdF9pZCI6MTgwNTUyNTM1LCJpYXQiOjE3NjQ3MTk0MTksImV4cCI6MTc2NzMxMTQxOSwiaXNzIjoicHViLTM2MTA0MTUiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.BDGy5uoYhaSNXPUgGXOFjeeE4VTiOK_99kQHUADPSiA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BREAKING: Frances Widdowson arrested at University of Victoria<\/a> Frances Widdowson, a Mount Royal University professor and author of Dead Wrong, was arrested at the University of Victoria on Tuesday after being told that she was not welcome on the campus. Frances Widdowson, a Mount Royal University professor and author of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/83238fbc-efb2-4a26-8d27-c1f910e61ad5?j=eyJ1IjoiZW10am4ifQ.YxWpF5hCC5S0gs54JX53XPrPHs6Z8Mbc29yBO-n5Huc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dead Wrong<\/a><\/em>, was arrested at the University of Victoria on Tuesday after being told that she, OneBC interim party leader Dallas Brodie, and former schoolteacher Jim McMurtry were not welcome on the university\u2019s campus.Widdowson, Brodie, McMurtry and others planned to attend the campus for a peaceful discussion with students, faculty, media and the public about the widely disseminated \u2014 and disputed \u2014 2018 claim that the remains of 215 children were discovered in unmarked graves at the Kamloops Residential School.<br><br>The group held a similar free-speech event at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops just weeks earlier, which ended in largely productive and civil discourse.<br><br>A<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/a5eb48d0-102a-4e01-9d78-3c6e324f46b3?j=eyJ1IjoiZW10am4ifQ.YxWpF5hCC5S0gs54JX53XPrPHs6Z8Mbc29yBO-n5Huc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> livestream posted on X<\/a> by Kris Eriksen showed the group being trespassed from the campus by what appeared to be members of the Saanich Police Department.Shortly afterwards, multiple<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/a37da978-e8e5-419e-9237-d433c267160f?j=eyJ1IjoiZW10am4ifQ.YxWpF5hCC5S0gs54JX53XPrPHs6Z8Mbc29yBO-n5Huc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> posts and images<\/a> showed Widdowson being directed into a police vehicle.A<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/4c27e708-5be0-4b25-9a7c-44aa3167232c?j=eyJ1IjoiZW10am4ifQ.YxWpF5hCC5S0gs54JX53XPrPHs6Z8Mbc29yBO-n5Huc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> letter<\/a> sent to the group ahead of the event noted that Widdowson, Brodie and McMurtry specifically were not welcome because they had not gone through the \u201cbooking process,\u201d and on the grounds that there was not enough time to \u201censure adequate safety planning is in place.\u201dWyatt Claypool, a OneBC staffer who attended the event, told True North multiple assaults occurred and that one individual suffered damage to their property.He added that Widdowson remains held at the Saanich police station.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WIDDOWSON-ARRESTED.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"843\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WIDDOWSON-ARRESTED-843x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WIDDOWSON-ARRESTED-843x1024.jpg 843w, https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WIDDOWSON-ARRESTED-247x300.jpg 247w, https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WIDDOWSON-ARRESTED-768x933.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WIDDOWSON-ARRESTED.jpg 882w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 843px) 100vw, 843px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>eBREAKING: Frances Widdowson arrested at University of Victoria Frances Widdowson, a Mount Royal University professor and author of Dead Wrong, was arrested at the University of Victoria on Tuesday after being told that she was not welcome on the campus. &hellip; 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